The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-08-03

tDeus Inc journal Iiteneo, the SICK
six listened, the committee of one hun
dred listened, and the question was asked
Will the G. o. P. be vindicaed ? VIII
partisan malice trump Will perjury be
Endorsed ] Is Sammy Perkins, the ineffable
scamp, to be vouched for Is the devil to
wear new plume in his crown and give
hell holiday =? And still his honor rat
tied off words at the rate OF one and
quarter a second. He talked and sweat.
Old Sol met ClaypooD removed bis spots,
opened his furnaces and said, "Let her go,
Gallager," and the heat came down with
increased intensity. AT last, the hammer
fell, the charge was discharged-the shot
was fired-and the jury retired to feel OF
themselves, and make note of where they
had been hit. The Journal says: at was
felt that the judges charge would be the
crowning scene and strongest feature
of the trial. 1t was"
The public look to the Judge to dispel
the clouds, brush away doubts, and bring
the case back to the solid moorings of the
law and the facts. Judge Woods did this.
The practice of the federal courts gives
different and wider range to the court in
the matter Of charging jury than the judge
of state court has. Judge Woods improved
this to very full extent. The result was
charge memorable for its perfect fairness
aud tremendous force, in which all the
facts in the case and the law bearing on
them were taken up in a comprehensive
sweep, and grouped together in a way
which, while strictly Judicial in tone, was
almost dramatic in effect.'
The effect of the charge must
have been tremendous as is shown
by results. Manifestly one effect was
that Sam Perkins word wasn't worth
shucks, that it was not in the line OF
good government, good law, nor
anything else that is good
to permit perjured scoundrel
to swear away the character of Democrats
to help the Republican party. And if, as
the Journal says, the charge of J udge Woods
was the strongest feature Of the trial." it
might be proper to say that his charge
chung the jury" 1t may be that the
charge of the judge did "dispel the clouds
and "brush away doubts" for the way the
Jury voted is a clear indication that they
discovered the partisan purpose of the
trial, and determined tina. such an infa-
nous scheme should not succeed.
Manifestly, the Journal is not happy.
The Slick Six have been sandbagged, and
the Republican committee OF one hun.
dred must feel that they have sweat and
fumed and made themselves weary for
naught since the Republican party is now,
if possible, more odious than when they
began operations.
AS for Judge Woods. We leave him for
the pretent with his fan. The Journal
may condole with him. The Slick Six
may send him beautiful bouquets, and
the Committee of One Hundred may start
a subscription to build him a monument.
He has discharged wonderful charge
about 10, 600 words. His judicial blunder-
buss scattered powerfully. The trouble
seems to have been quite as much in the
animus as in the aim. 1t didn't seem to
hit anywhere or anything. Ten thousand
words and not scalp. The judge, upon ex-
amining his game-bag, will doubtless
realize disappointment, and il he should
charge the emptiness of his satchel to the
settlers, terriers, hounds, bull dogs, watch
dogs, and ours of all degrees who went
hunting for Democrats, he would be
certainly justified. The entire Republican
kennel engaged in the hunt. Their noses
were poked around everywhere, not hole
escaped, and wherever they stopped they
besmeared something. They barked and
howled and yelped, made day and night
hideous. They captured Sammy Perkins,
and it will be interesting to note what they
will do with their spoils.